Comments on: Treo In Trouble?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:15:26 +0000

I've had a Treo 650 for about 10 months now and I'm impressed overall with the options including MP3 player, email, good contacts and appointments features, etc. Howeve,r I am losing my f-ing mind with the increasing amount of email "drops". I have Verizon and they have no idea what's happening. It seems like every 4th email I send sits in some worm hole and finally gets sent about a week later. Anybody else experience this? I love the Treo otherwise but this is a deal killer!! Thx.

By: Samuel L. Gill

Samuel L. Gill — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:34:47 +0000

I have a TREO 700wx love it to death. However, I find myself having to repeatedly reset the bluetooth connection. In addition, for some reason I not receiving my emails as prescribed. It seems to lose the configuration from time to time. Could you tell me what may be causing this?

By: Kevin Wolfe

Kevin Wolfe — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:09:09 +0000

I think Treo is being squeezed out, like too much mayo in a stack of sandwiches being sat on by a non-observant four-year-old.

As for Phone: They really only offer one (in two OSs.) The phone manfacturers seem to come out with new models twice a day. So Palm can't compete as a phone.

As for Smart: What do they offer in data transmission that others don't? BB, Symbian and Windows have remained or become top dogs here. Treo is buried in the pack and falling back into the stragglers. Palm's future hasn't looked bright to me for years. Even on the PDA side, they're not concentrating on multimedia, which is what people want. Even the iPod reads the core PIM apps.

I recently gave up my BB (everybody said I sounded underwater) for a Samsung t719 with BB Connect. It's not a Treo or a BB at all. But hey, I have a real flip phone that does BB email. It covers my basic mobile and PIM needs.

Kevin

By: jim mccaw

jim mccaw — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:10:39 +0000

treo 600 worst phone ever!!

By: Treomatic

Treomatic — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:01:32 +0000

I have a Treo 650. It rocks, although the Palm OS is rather dated. But I'm waiting for the new Linux version, which will hopefully bring the stability and open-ness of Linux to the awesome hardware and useability of the Treo. I guess time will tell.

By: Leroy Brown

Leroy Brown — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:02:11 +0000

The only issue with Treos of late is over-extending of the Palm OS capabilities… some third party software is flaky. Besides that, there is little that I can't do with a Treo. Intuitive use and one-handed operation make it a winner, and until someone else figures it out to the extent that Palm has, I don't see the Treo going anywhere.

By: John Cradock

John Cradock — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:00:40 +0000

I've had a Treo 270, 600, 650, and 700p, the last of which I'm still using. I've also worked with several Blackberries and PocketPC/Windows Mobile devices over the past few years. I've had no problems with my Palm devices, but the Palm OS has stagnated. I feel like the Palm OS is on its way out but the sad thing is these other platforms are crap. There's got to be a better future out there than Blackberry or Windows Mobile.

By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:38:11 +0000

I think the Treo 650 rocks. I had the Kyocera 6035 a few years back, and it was the best device at the time, but got dated after a year. My work gave me a Samsung 700 (Windows Mobile), and it sucked, big time. Constant slow downs, resets, and a few blue screens. That was the worst three months of cell phone use, I have had in the past 12 years.

I finally got a Treo 650 from my boss, and loved it. She had switched to a new Samsung (770i I think), based on Windows Mobile. It was the upgraded version from what I had. With a faster processor, and more memory, I guess she thought it would work better. WRONG. She wanted to throw it out the window after 24 hours. She ended going to a RAZR.

My vote is, the pollution of the market by Microsoft has forced people from Treos. Microsoft make bloated and crappy software for full PCs, do you really think they can make a good embedded device?

As for RIM, they do not serve my purpose. There are a lot of people that love their Blackberry's, but the two people I know that have them, do not like them. Slightly unstable, and not full functioning. I can see why users of standard pagers might appreciate them, but they will lose their luster soon.

By: airlinestate

airlinestate — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:12:35 +0000

If Palm does not get innovative with some freash hardware then HTC is going to eat them alive with things like the Excaliber http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/07/the-boy-genius-report-hands-on-with-the-htc-excalibur/

By: Brad Fuller

Brad Fuller — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:30:25 +0000

Although most of the complaints have been with hw, no one has mentioned PalmSource’s new platform: Linux:
http://palmsource.com/events/linuxworld2006/index.html

I don’t have a treo, but friends do and they love them. If the reported hw problems can be addressed by Palm, this new OS on a Treo, or any device for that matter, will be a serious contender.

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By: You Mon Tsang

You Mon Tsang — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:13:08 +0000

I like the Treo, but have gone through a total of seven (4 300s, 2 600s, 1 650) in the last 4-5 years. Luckily, Sprint replaces them for me; otherwise, I would be long gone.

By: Frederic

Frederic — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:43:01 +0000

What do you dislike about Treo? Apart thet fact that it's doesn't really support real multitasking, I love my Treo 650.

Katie, dropped Treo in favor of a Blackberry and there were at least five other people who did the same?? Why?

Blackberry have crappy voice quality, no touchscreen and non-existant customization potential. Can you give me just a reason to go over a Blackberry?

By: Eric Frenchman

Eric Frenchman — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:43:28 +0000

I love my Treo 700W and have had it for about 7 months now. Sure there are a couple of annoying things about it like not being able to close a browser by hitting the "X" (it still is running in background) or how the bluetooth link mysteriously turns off, but I like the phone quality and the mini-PC aspect.

However, getting the Treo 700W is like getting married all over again. You have to make a commitment and you'll have some bad days, but in the end just saying Yes Dear and hitting the soft start button goes a long way.

PardonMyFrench,

Eric

By: Marc Orchant

Marc Orchant — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:52:16 +0000

Another vote for the Treo. Just upgraded a month or so back from a 650 to the 700p and I remain convinced it's the best device for the way I work. Great EVDO performance, lots of internal memory and SD expansion, fantastic software library, and no ActiveStink worries. I've tried Blackberry (great for e-mail, fairly lame for most other tasks), SideKick and Nokia Communicators. All good attempts but the Treo rules in my book.

By: Brian Magierski

Brian Magierski — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:46:47 +0000

I am a long-time blackberry phone user (from the Blueberry to the 7100 to the 8700c) and just switched to the Treo 700p. I love it. Been on it for about 2 months now and am a MacBook pro user too.

I looked at the 700w but found the Windows OS too complex.

Treo works great as a phone. The think I could never get over with on the blackberry was the form factor as a phone. I ended up with a Moto RAZR plus Blackberry combo to accomplish phone and email.

I have found the Treo to be a great phone and the email is more than good enough. So is the contact and task sync. The app support (multi client IM, mobile blogging, mobile RSS) is far better than Blackberry.

I hope Palm can stay out of trouble to keep producing new versions.

Only beef so far is a random reboot (only about 2 or 3 times), and sometimes there is a slight delay when swapping between apps.

-- brian